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hematuria

American  
[hee-muh-toor-ee-uh, -tyoor-, hem-uh-] / ˌhi məˈtʊər i ə, -ˈtyʊər-, ˌhɛm ə- /

noun

Pathology.
  1. the presence of blood in the urine.


Other Word Forms

  • hematuric adjective

Etymology

Origin of hematuria

First recorded in 1805–15; hemat- + -uria

Example Sentences

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Loin pain hematuria syndrome, Sollinger said in an email, is believed to originate in the ureter where repeated spasms cause pain he likened to “continually passing a kidney stone.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2020

Online she encountered women who had undergone kidney autotransplant surgery to treat the pain caused by nutcracker or loin pain hematuria.

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2020

“The question is, can a transplant improve their quality of life? Does the risk-benefit ratio justify it?” he asked, adding that uncertainties about loin pain hematuria syndrome abound because of the paucity of research.

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2020

Although much of this necessity is on all sides, it is not of good drinking quality and dysentery is therefore common, while bilious fever and hematuria are also known.

From A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State by Dorman, Marcus Roberts Phipps

Some mineral poisons—such as iodin, arsenic, and phosphorus taken to excess—may cause hematuria, and finally the symptoms may be merely the result of a constitutional predisposition of the individual or family to bleeding.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry